Publications
Integrated Governance and Healthy Public Policy: Two Canadian Examples
How can multisectoral approaches be developed to foster healthy public policy? This paper provides a part of the answer by comparing section 54 of Québec’s Public Health Act and B.C.’s ActNow in order to shed light on their commonalities and differences.
Terms Relating to Integrated Governance
A glossary of key terms in integrated governance.
HIA in Québec: when the law becomes a lever for action
The NCCHPP publishes the English translation of this study of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Québec following the 2001 adoption of Québec’s Public Health Act.
Public Policies Guided by the Precautionary Principle
This paper is the first in a series of essays developed for the NCCHPP by researchers associated with the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (Université de Montréal Research Centre in Ethics) as part of a project to examine ethical issues related to healthy public policy.
Report on the Canadian Roundtable on Health Impact Assesment (HIA)
What is the state of HIA in Canada? The NCCHPP convened the Canadian Roundtable as an expert group on HIA, and asked questions about HIA in the Canadian context at the group’s February 22, 2008 meeting. We are publishing the report of the event here.
Evidence and Healthy Public Policy: Insights from Health and Political Sciences
Policy makers are often challenged when producing public policy to consider the role of evidence, especially scientific evidence. CPRN Research Fellow Patrick Fafard (University of Ottawa) explores this challenge in Evidence and Healthy Public Policy: Insights from Health and Political Sciences which was produced for the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy in collaboration with the Canadian Policy Research Networks.
Health Impact Assessment (HIA): a Promising Action Path For Promoting Healthy Public Policies
This document presents the promises and challenges of health impact assessment (HIA) and its development possibilities for Canada.